labia minora

English

Etymology

From Latin (meaning “smaller lips”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

labia minora pl (normally plural, singular labium minus)

1. (anatomy) The two inner folds of skin within the cleft of the labia majora.

   The ventral skin of the penis is homologous to the labia minora.

   • 2022 October 17, Rachel E. Gross, “Half the World Has a Clitoris. Why Don’t Doctors Study It?”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     When performed poorly, a labiaplasty — a procedure to reduce the size of the labia minora, and one of the fastest-growing cosmetic surgeries worldwide — can also damage nerves, leading to genital pain and loss of sexual sensation.

Usage notes

This term is only used for primates. In other placental mammals, the term labia vulvae is used instead.

Hypernyms

• urogenital folds - embryological precursor

Translations

(anatomy) the two inner folds of skin within the cleft of the labia majora

• Bengali: লেবিয়া মাইনরা (lebiẏa mainora), ক্ষুদ্রোষ্ঠ (khudrōśṭho), অন্তস্থ যোনিওষ্ঠ (ontostho jōniōśṭho), নিম্ফে (nimphe)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 小陰脣 / 小阴唇 (siu² jam¹ seon⁴)

  Mandarin: 小陰脣 / 小阴唇 (zh) (xiǎoyīnchún)

• Estonian: väiksed häbememokad pl
• Finnish: pienet häpyhuulet pl, sisemmät häpyhuulet pl
• French: petites lèvres (fr) f pl
• German: kleine Schamlippen f
• Hebrew: שפתיים קטנות f pl
• Hindi: लघु भगोष्ठ (laghu bhagoṣṭh)
• Hungarian: kis szeméremajkak pl, kisajkak pl
• Italian: piccole labbra f
• Japanese: 小陰唇 (ja) (しょういんしん, shōinshin)
• Korean: 소음순(小陰脣) (so'eumsun)
• Malayalam: ഭഗാധരം (bhagādharaṁ)
• Maori: werewere
• Marathi: छोटी जिवणी f (choṭī jivṇī), आंतरिक भेगोष्ठ (āntrik bhegoṣṭha), छोटीचीरी (choṭīcīrī), इवलीइवली भेगा (ivlīivlī bhegā), इवलीशी द्वीदला (ivlīśī dvīdlā)
• Persian: لب‌های کوچک (lab-hâ-ye kuček)
• Polish: wargi sromowe mniejsze f pl
• Portuguese: lábios menores m pl
• Russian: ма́лые половы́е гу́бы (ru) f pl (mályje polovýje gúby)
• Spanish: labios menores m pl
• Swedish: inre blygdläpparna c pl
• Tagalog: labing panloob
• Ukrainian: малі́ стате́ві гу́би f pl (malí statévi húby)

See also

• labia majora